The above pics of the Albatros diorama were taken through the hangar windows with my trusty spy cam
The tail has been elevated to flight position thereby necessiating the use of sandbags to add weight to the tail .As you can see the rudder and elevator are metal and counterbalanced and the fuselage is of monococque type condtruction with a plywood skin, all pretty advanced stuff for its day.It looks to me that this airplane could probably sustain a lot of damage and still bring the pilot home alive for another evenings enjoyment at the officers mess.
